title: [Study on feeding of infants].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate feeding behaviour in infants, with regard to the duration of breast-feeding (BF), the beginning of artificial feeding (AF) and the introduction of complementary feeding (CF).
  
  
  METHODS
  Medical audit. Retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary Care paediatrics.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 327 children born in 1994 and monitored by paediatricians from 4 Health Centres in Salamanca.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean duration of BF for the 327 children was 3.61 months, with 92.3% starting BF and 52.3% still doing it at 3 months. 30% began AF at birth; 33% between birth and 3 months; 29.6% between the third and sixth months; and 7.4% after 6 months. CF was started as follows: only 2.1% before 4 months; 92% had gluten introduced after 8 months, but only 1.2% before 6 months. 96.3% started on cow's milk after one year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Over 50% of children fed on breast milk for at least 3 months. Only 1.2% had gluten introduced before 6 months. 3.7% started on cow's milk before 12 months. 30% of children began AF at birth.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud La Alamedilla, Salamanca.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pellegrini Belinchón
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: del Molino Anta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Real Liorente
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: García Gutiérrez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miguel Miguel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Malmierca Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Estudio de la alimentación en el lactante.